[Go] MT attachment to chromosome

[David Hill]

I'm not sure the kinetochore should be a part_of the chromosome. It 
attaches to the centromere, which is part of the chromosome.  I think we 
might want to have Rex weigh in on this too. He's a cell biologist.

David

Midori Harris wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Working on some cross-product definitions, I came up with a question 
> about whether two terms that are currently siblings should have an 
> is_a link. The terms are:
>
>   attachment of spindle microtubules to chromosome GO:0051313
>   attachment of spindle microtubules to kinetochore GO:0008608
>
> and I think we shoud have GO:0008608 is_a GO:0051313 because 
> kinetochore is part_of chromosome in the component ontology.
>
> I've opened a SourceForge item, and I'd appreciate any comments.
>
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=440764&aid=2320413&group_id=36855 
>
>
> thanks,
> midori
>
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